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Summary:
Transparent, calculator-style first and second-order derivatives.

URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ad

Developers:
  • Abraham Lee

Mode: Reverse
 
Method: Operator overloading
 
Supported Language: Python

Features:
- Transparent calculations with little or no modification to existing code
- Nearly full support for standard math module functions
- Basic out-of-the-box NumPy support without any code changes (due to generic object operations, though some functions will crash)

Supported Platforms:
  • Windows
  • Unix/Linux
  • Mac
  • Application Server


Licensing: open source

Entries in our publication database that actually use ad in the numerical experiments:  403

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